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Occupy Sustainability?

The Occupy movement challenges our current economic model and could help transform our markets into ones led by fairness and democracy, says Professor of Sociology Juliet Schor in the Guardian.

On European culture

The ambiguous nature of Europe’s culture—the difficulty in 'defining it and owning it'—is also its strength, allowing countries on the margins to share in a common heritage, according to Seelig Professor of Philosophy Richard Kearney, in an interview with the Irish Times.

Senses of sophistication

Fruit flies and disease-spreading mosquitoes share similar receptors that allow them to distinguish among thousands of sensory cues as they search for food or try to avoid danger, according to a report co-authored by Biology Professor Marc A.T. Muskavitch in the journal Nature. Public Affairs announcement

Women religious and the Church

Associate Professor of Theology Mary Ann Hinsdale, a member of the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, was interviewed by 'CBS Sunday Morning' regarding issues related to women religious and the Church.

A Semester in Nepal

James O'Hara A&S '13 discusses his experience at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute, also known as the Centre for Buddhist Studies, at Kathmandu University in Nepal, in a Q&A with the Boston Globe.

O'Connor Stepping Down

College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program Director Mark O'Connor will step down at the end of the academic year following a tenure of 'profound commitment to students, steadfast belief in the transformative power of the liberal arts, and visionary leadership'. BC Chronicle

Condemnation to conversion

More than two million men and women are housed in prisons throughout the United States, and three out of every 100 American adults are either on probation, in prison or on parole. Theology Professor Stephen Pope writes on the need for restorative justice in the prison system in an essay for America.

A case for Lebanon

A review of Language, Memory, and Identity in the Middle East: The Case for Lebanon by Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Arabic and Hebrew Franck Salameh in the latest issue of the Journal of the Middle East and Africa calls it 'a valuable, well-documented and rich contribution to the topic of nationalism in the Middle East.' Preview

Challenges for charities

With fewer donations coming in due to the economic downturn, how are Bay State charities coping with the demand this holiday season? Sociology Professor Paul Schervish, director of the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy, discussed the subject as a guest on the 'Callie Crossley Show.' WGBH-FM